{"id":90128,"date":"2021-03-14T10:08:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T10:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=90128"},"modified":"2023-09-21T05:29:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T05:29:14","slug":"heberdens-node","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/heberdens-node\/","title":{"rendered":"Heberden\u2019s node"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A small bony lump which develops on the end joints of fingers in osteoarthritis [Described 1802. After William Heberden (1767-1845), British physician, specialist in rheumatic diseases.]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Enlargement of a terminal joint of a finger sometimes occurring in osteoarthritis or other degenerative joint disease.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A lump of cartilage-covered bone arising at the terminal joint of a finger in osteoarthritis. It is often inherited.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"group w-full text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-100 border-b border-black\/10 dark:border-gray-900\/50 bg-gray-50 dark:bg-[#444654] sm:AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<div class=\"flex p-4 gap-4 text-base md:gap-6 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] xl:max-w-3xl md:py-6 lg:px-0 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex items-start overflow-x-auto whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<p>A bony enlargement that impacts the joint located at the fingertip, next to the nail. The predisposition to develop these nodes is a characteristic of osteoarthritis and is commonly inherited.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Small hard knobs which appear at the sides of the last phalanges of the fingers in people who have osteoarthritis.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Hard nodules or enlargements of the distal interphalangeal joints of the fingers; seen in osteoarthritis.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"group w-full text-token-text-primary border-b border-black\/10 gizmo:border-0 dark:border-gray-900\/50 gizmo:dark:border-0 bg-gray-50 gizmo:bg-transparent dark:bg-[#444654] gizmo:dark:bg-transparent sm:AIPRM__conversation__response\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-3\">\n<div class=\"p-4 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 md:py-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 gap-4 text-base mx-auto md:gap-6 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] xl:max-w-3xl }\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3 max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-3 overflow-x-auto whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<p>Tiny, curved bone protrusions on the fingers due to osteoarthritis in the digits. 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